Politifact.com: Statements from Charles Van Zanthttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/charles-van-zant/Statements from Charles Van Zant reviewed by Politifact.comen-usThu, 03 Mar 2016 20:19:57 -0500Charles Van Zant - Gamblers lose $6 for every $1 Florida gets, Rep. Van Zant sayshttp://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/mar/03/charles-van-zant/gamblers-lose-6-every-1-florida-gets-rep-van-zant-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Gamblers lose $6 for every $1 Florida gets, Rep. Van Zant says
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<p>While the Senate signaled its gambling bills were all but dead this year, they&rsquo;ve stayed on life support in the House. But one lawmaker wanted his fellow representatives to remember gaming revenues come at a high price. Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, said lawmakers should remember that all gaming revenue is money someone has lost. &quot;Every time you lose a dollar at gaming, there&#39;s six more dollars that are lost,&quot; Van Zant said during a Feb. 29, 2016, meeting of the House Finance and Tax Committee. &quot;For every time the state gets paid a dollar in taxes, ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2016/mar/03/charles-van-zant/gamblers-lose-6-every-1-florida-gets-rep-van-zant-/">>> More</a>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:19:57 -0500http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/mar/03/charles-van-zant/gamblers-lose-6-every-1-florida-gets-rep-van-zant-/Charles Van Zant - Lawmaker: Common Core testing company forces children to become &#39;as homosexual as they possibly can&#39;http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/may/20/charles-van-zant/common-core-testing-homosexual-possibly-can/The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Lawmaker: Common Core testing company forces children to become 'as homosexual as they possibly can'
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<p>Heads up moms and dads -- a Florida lawmaker has unearthed one more conspiracy behind Common Core. A company that has been hired by Florida to give students tests will be recruiting every one of those students to become gay. &nbsp; Think Progress, a liberal blog, dug up a video of state Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, speaking about the topic at the&nbsp;&quot;Operation Education&quot; conference -- a gathering of conservative religious groups who met about the theme of &quot;How education reforms are attacking America&rsquo;s Foundation.&quot; The Orlando conference was in March, but Think Progress posted ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2014/may/20/charles-van-zant/common-core-testing-homosexual-possibly-can/">>> More</a>Tue, 20 May 2014 16:16:57 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/may/20/charles-van-zant/common-core-testing-homosexual-possibly-can/Charles Van Zant - Florida Republican says abortion providers have &#39;reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973&#39;http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/apr/25/charles-van-zant/florida-republican-says-without-kkk-or-holocaust-a/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Florida Republican says abortion providers have 'reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973'
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<p> While debating abortion rights, a Republican Florida House member made a startling claim: Doctors who perform abortions are to blame for reducing the African-American population in the United States. &quot;In America alone, without the Nazi Holocaust, without the Ku Klux Klan, Planned Parenthood and other abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973,&quot; said the House member, Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights. Van Zant is sponsoring a bill (HB 845) that would criminalize abortions performed because of the race or sex of the fetus, and during debate, he ...</p> <a href="/florida/statements/2013/apr/25/charles-van-zant/florida-republican-says-without-kkk-or-holocaust-a/">>> More</a>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:33:57 -0400http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/apr/25/charles-van-zant/florida-republican-says-without-kkk-or-holocaust-a/